Commission on 'United States of Africa' project meets

Banjul- The Gambia (PANA) -- Leader Moammar Kadhafi participated in the meeting of the "seven-member" commission set by the African ordinary summit in Sirte (Libya) in order to take actrions toward implementation of Libya's proposals for the formation of the United States of Africa.
The Libyan proposals cover the creation of ministries of foreign affairs, defence, foreign trade, transport and communication at the continental level.
In addition, Libya is proposing the removal of customs barriers between member countries of the AU, the unification of transport and communication means and the launching of an African satellite.
The secretary of the Libyan general people's Committee for External Relations and International Co-operation, Abderrahman Chalgham, said in Banjul that Kadhafi alerted participants at the meeting that time was of paramount importance to complete the missions of the commission.
Chalgham said the Libyan leader also emphasised the importance of holding the commission meeting before the AU's next summit slated for next January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in order to define practical points to be implemented.
At the end of the "seven-member" Commission meeting, Leader Moammar Kadhafi met with leaders and heads of delegations from African countries and regional and international organisations.
They were Presidents Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, Olesugun Obasango of Nigeria, Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali, Omar Hassan El Beshir of Sudan, Idriss Deby of Chad, Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, John Kofuor of Ghana, Mamadou Tandja of Niger, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi of the Comoros and Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire.